Golf star Tiger Woods has revealed he is in a relationship with Vanessa Trump, who was married to Donald Trump Jr for 12 years before their divorce in 2018

Tiger Woods confirmed his romance with Donald Trump Jr’s ex wife Vanessa

Donald Trump Jr has given just one-word as he shared his thoughts on his ex-wife Vanessa moving on with Tiger Woods. The son of the President of the United States was hit with the news of his wife’s new romance when the golf icon went Instagram official.

Tiger and Vanessa, who live just 20 minutes away from each other in Florida, confirmed their relationship with a loved-up post. It is believed they have been together since Thanksgiving last year and is Vanessa’s first high profile romance since her divorce from Donald Jr.

She was married to Donald Jr for 12 years but divorced in 2018. They share five children together, Kai, Donald III, Tristan, Spencer and Chloe, and tied the knot at Mar-a-Lago in November 2005.

Vanessa initiated the divorce proceedings in March 2018 in New York City, with Page Six reporting at the time that they had been living “separate lives”. In 2004, Donald Jr had popped the question to Vanessa, a model and actress at the time, with a dazzling $100,000 engagement ring.

Now his former wife has moved on, Donald Jr had just one word to say on her new relationship. According to People, he is “cool” with it.

Donald Jr and Vanessa were married for 12 years(Image: Getty Images)

After their split, Donald Jr moved on with former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle, now serving as President Trump’s Ambassador to Greece. However, last year saw him romantically linked to West Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson. The duo made their relationship public in December 2024, following his father’s election victory.

Tiger, 49, and Vanessa, 47, first started out as friends before their relationship became something more. Their decision to enter the spotlight together saw Tiger share a series of photos with Vanessa to his 3.5million followers.

Tiger and Vanessa posed together with their arms around each other and smiled at the camera. The other photo showed them more relaxed as Vanessa snuggled into the golf star’s chest as they relaxed on a hammock.

The sport star’s gushing message said: “Love is in the air and life is better with you by my side! We look forward to our journey through life together.” However, he added a plea to his followers and wrote: “At this time we would appreciate privacy for all those close to our hearts.”

Both Vanessa and Tiger have children who attend The Benjamin School. It is not either of their first high profile romances as Tiger was previously married to Elin Nordegren between 2004 and 2010, and the pair had two children, Sam and Charlie.

But in November 2009, a story broke that he had been having an affair with a New York City nightclub hostess called Rachel Uchitel. Tiger tried to shut the accusations down before the story went public and is said to have put Elin on the phone with Rachel – but his wife did not believe her story.

The discovery of Tiger’s allegedly infidelity saw Elin reportedly throw his phone at him and chase him outside with a golf club. Tiger got into his car and crashed it, and when it was found the two back windows had been smashed.

He was knocked out for six minutes and Elin said she had smashed the car’s windows to get him out of the car. The couple refused to cooperate with police interviews and within two weeks, 14 women had come forward to say they had slept with Woods during his marriage.